Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Keneally, again, just to restate my previous answer: I've been instructed by the department that at all times the person must be escorted or continuously monitored—I think we've established that—by an ASIC holder in the secure areas of an airport or by an MSIC holder in the security zones of a port or offshore oil and gas facility. To put it very simply: depending on the circumstances, if a person is able to move around—if they are in a locked room by themselves and that is defined as the secure area, it may be that the person that is continuously monitoring them, as long as they are an ASIC holder or a MSIC holder, may not have to be physically present in the room with them.